Signaling device.



Patented Feb. 15,1916.

SIGNALING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 15, I912.

H. J. PENNINGTON-HAYWARD.

' turning to either the right or the left; and the invention consists essentially of one or UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, l

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" lSIGNAiLING mivrc Specification 01' letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

Application filed October 15, 1912. Serial No. 725,985.

pedestrian, the direction of travel. of the front vehicle, and the drivers intention of more tubular supports having enlarged or bell-mouthed ends adapted to normally cover a signal, said supports being mounted horizontally upon a suitable part of the vehicle, and the parts of the device being so constructed, proportioned and operated that the signal can, when required, be projected out of the enlarged ends of the support to indicate the direction in which the vehicle will turn, as hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1, is an elevation of the signaling device fixed to a portionof a motor car and constructed in accordance with this invention, and adapted to be operated by a flexible wire cable; and,

Fig. 2, is a similar view to Fig. 1, but showmg one of the signals projecting out of and beyond one of the supports. Fig. 3, is a detail view, partly in section, showing the relation of the rod, cable and spring within the support.

Referring to the drawings, the supports 1 structed to be secured to the desired part of the-vehicleor the'like by means of lugs 2, the outer ends 3 of each support having a bell-mouth 4. Two rods or tubes 5 of suit able length are slidably secured within the supports and the outer ends of saidjrods or tubes carry signals 7, which normally. lie

within the enlarged or bell-mouthed ends of the supports. Springs 11 contained within the supports 1 bear against the rods 5 to press them outward when the cables 12 are released. When one or other of the rods or tubes 5 is moved outward, the corresponding signal 7 is projected out of the enlarged end of its respective support, to indicate whether the driver intends turning to the right or left. i

To eachof the inner ends of the rods 5 is attached a wire cable 12, the other ends of.

the cables being each connected to a: ratchet control or drum 13 fitted uponithe-steering pillar, each drum being provided with a suitable handle 14 to allow of each cable being released independently of the other for the purpose of causing the. rods 5 to slide outward beyond the bell-mouthed ends of the support, through the medium of the controlling springs 11, and thus project signals beyond the supportl a I claim: i 7 A signaling device comprising two tubuthe lar supports each having a bell-mouthed end, a rod slidably mountedwithin each of said tubular supports and provided with springs which project the rods outwardly through the bell-mouthed-ends, signals attached to said rods and normally contained within the bell-mouthed ends of said supports, cablesattached to the inner ends of said rods, and controlling means for the cables to. draw the signalswithin .the bellmouthed ends, said controlling means permitting of each cable being released independently of the other, so that its respective] rod and signal can move out beyond its respective bell-mouthed end of the support under the influence of said spring. are each of a, tubular form and are con- HARRY JOSEPH PENNINGTON-HAYWARD.

Witnesses:

WALKER BARTLANN, ERNEST Human.- 

